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South China Morning Post
28-07-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong doctors get go-ahead to hold hospital, medical school jobs at same time
Hong Kong is allowing doctors to hold positions at both public hospitals and the city's two medical schools under a new 'dual-track' pathway that the government has called a 'breakthrough' in boosting the education and research talent pool. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Monday that the mechanism provided a 'more fitting development pathway' for talent to engage in medical, teaching and research work compared with previous arrangements. The framework also provided stronger support for their teaching and research duties, including conferring the title of university professor, he added. 'This arrangement signifies a breakthrough of institutional framework through collaboration between the [Hospital Authority] and the two local medical schools to train and retain medical, teaching and research talent,' Lo said. 'I hope that the dual-track development pathway will enable more doctors who aspire to engage in medical, teaching and research work to realise their ambitions and contribute to Hong Kong's medical innovation and research while providing clinical services to patients.' The new arrangement involves a collaboration between the Health Bureau and Hospital Authority and the two medical schools at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
South China Morning Post
26-07-2025
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Up to a third of intake of new Hong Kong medical school to be non-local students
As many as one-third of about 50 students to be admitted initially to Hong Kong's third medical school will be non-local, the city's health minister has said, adding that a proposal on its establishment will be submitted to the chief executive before his coming policy address. Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau said on Saturday that the new medical school was expected to be developed without vicious competition in terms of faculty and student sources with the two existing ones. He said the school would mainly recruit second-degree students, including those from outside the city. 'The initial number of students admitted to the new medical school will not be very large. Our preliminary estimate is about 50,' he said on a television programme. Lo said authorities would consider suggestions raised by the three universities interested in opening the school, but the ratio of non-local to local students might be 1-2 or 1-3 in the initial stages. 'In other words, one-third or one-quarter of the students will be non-local,' he said.
